Desi Books Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
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Desi Books: South Asian Literature. Reading; Writing; Conversation; Community. Contact: https://t.co/sOjbxFzdOO. Founder: @jennybhatt
Tomb of Sand
Geetanjali ShreeDesi BooksWe congratulate Geetanjali Shree and @shreedaisy for the much-deserved win of @TheBookerPrizes International for Tomb of Sand. The first time this award has gone to a translation from a South Asian language. Listen to them read an excerpt: https://t.co/fYqA33b94D https://t.co/9DHXAKIDrc
Hardcover, 2023
$29.99$14.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Memories and Postmemories of the Partition of India
Anjali RoyDesi Books@AanchalMalhotra @talibali @SSRanbir @Shnidhi #DesiBooksReview Issue 4: A review of Anjali Gera Roy's Memories and Postmemories of the Partition of India by @Shnidhi. Interrogating, Remembering, and Forgetting in Anjali Gera Roy’s Latest Partition Exploration. https://t.co/KW600QZLav 5/n https://t.co/Da7HaykZBo
Paperback, 2021
$55.99$30.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book(max discount $25)
The Return of Faraz Ali
Aamina AhmadDesi BooksThe Return of Faraz Ali, Aamina Ahmad's debut novel, is about a man's journey back to his birthplace in Lahore’s notorious red-light district and poses a timeless question: whom do we choose to protect and at what price?. Read #DesiBooks10QA with Aamina: https://t.co/9pbmDZuvzM https://t.co/bRG3YK61uC
Paperback, 2023
$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
A Play for the End of the World
Jai ChakrabartiDesi BooksPlease join Jai Chakrabarti and Jenny Bhatt discussing his debut novel, A PLAY FOR THE END OF THE WORLD, virtually at City Lights bookstore on Thu, Sep 9 at 6 PM PT, 8 PM CT, 9 PM ET. A terrific work of historical fiction set across 3 continents. https://buff.ly/3heIPJk https://t.co/sTJNQlO4XP
Paperback, 2022
$23.00$11.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Reading List
Sara Nisha AdamsDesi BooksIn Ep 36, a new #FiveDesiFaves segment with Sara Nisha Adams, who has a debut novel out, THE READING LIST. She shares her fave desi books by Vikram Seth; Sunjeev Sahota; Rohinton Mistry; Arundhati Roy; Tanuja Desai Hidier. https://buff.ly/3l7VPSf https://t.co/reg3Swk1WH
Paperback, 2022
$19.99$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Mirror Made of Rain
Naheed Phiroze PatelDesi BooksIn the latest #DesiBooks10QA, @NaheedPhiroze talks about her debut novel, Mirror Made of Rain, her fave desi books, what keeps her going with her writing, and what she hopes readers will take away from her book. Thanks, Naheed. Read here: https://t.co/MXLV1SPdVn https://t.co/9UpPk8BZLC
Hardcover, 2022
$26.00$13.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Kaikeyi
Vaishnavi PatelDesi BooksFor a fresh, insightful, well-written take on recent mythology retellings and retranslations, please read @RashiRohatgi's review essay on @VaishnaWrites' Kaikeyi and Valmiki's Ramayana (tr by the Goldmans). Very different books with some common themes. https://t.co/zMSctodhoG https://t.co/b5qYUou1aL
Paperback, 2023
$19.99$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Circa
Devi S. LaskarDesi Books#DesiCraftChat with @devislaskar abt her novel, Circa, writing in the 2nd person, how fiction can be a path out of grief, how journalism informs her writing, the pendulum method to finish a book, what’s changed (or not) for older women writers of color. https://t.co/fsBtHCbPjO https://t.co/xd0PjMp8xC
Paperback, 2023
$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Gujarat Here, a Gujarat There
Krishna SobtiDesi BooksKrishna Sobti's A Gujarat Here, A Gujarat There, tr. by @shreedaisy, takes place in a recently-partitioned India but, as @potni_s writes in her review, shows us how to reckon with the present. https://t.co/nTKpUYeCT2 https://t.co/SZVnsejkJ7
Hardcover, 2019
$16.95$8.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Ramayana: The Quest to Rescue Sita
ValmikiDesi BooksFor a fresh, insightful, well-written take on recent mythology retellings and retranslations, please read @RashiRohatgi's review essay on @VaishnaWrites' Kaikeyi and Valmiki's Ramayana (tr by the Goldmans). Very different books with some common themes. https://t.co/zMSctodhoG https://t.co/b5qYUou1aL
Paperback, 2021
$9.95$4.97 + Free shipping50% off your first book